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Feedback to the future: motor neuron contributions to central pattern generator function by Barkan, Charlotte L, Zornik, Erik

“…Motor behaviors depend on neural signals in the brain. Regardless of where in the brain behavior patterns arise, the central nervous system sends projections…”
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Evolution of vocal patterns: tuning hindbrain circuits during species divergence by Barkan, Charlotte L, Zornik, Erik, Kelley, Darcy B

“…The neural circuits underlying divergent courtship behaviors of closely related species provide a framework for insight into the evolution of motor patterns…”
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Generation, Coordination, and Evolution of Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication by Kelley, Darcy B, Ballagh, Irene H, Barkan, Charlotte L, Bendesky, Andres, Elliott, Taffeta M, Evans, Ben J, Hall, Ian C, Kwon, Young Mi, Kwong-Brown, Ursula, Leininger, Elizabeth C, Perez, Emilie C, Rhodes, Heather J, Villain, Avelyne, Yamaguchi, Ayako, Zornik, Erik

“…In many species, vocal communication is essential for coordinating social behaviors including courtship, mating, parenting, rivalry, and alarm signaling…”
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Coding rate and duration of vocalizations of the frog, Xenopus laevis by Zornik, Erik, Yamaguchi, Ayako

“…Vocalizations involve complex rhythmic motor patterns, but the underlying temporal coding mechanisms in the nervous system are poorly understood. Using a…”
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Inspiring song: The role of respiratory circuitry in the evolution of vertebrate vocal behavior by Barkan, Charlotte L., Zornik, Erik

“…Vocalization is a common means of communication across vertebrates, but the evolutionary origins of the neural circuits controlling these behaviors are not…”
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Central Pattern Generators Reveal Neuronal Circuit Dynamics Across Many Timescales by Schulz, David, Zornik, Erik

“…Central pattern generators (CPGs) are neuronal circuits that can autonomously generate rhythmic behaviors such as breathing, locomotion and vocalization…”
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Premotor Neuron Divergence Reflects Vocal Evolution by Barkan, Charlotte L, Kelley, Darcy B, Zornik, Erik

“…To identify mechanisms of behavioral evolution, we investigated the hindbrain circuit that generates distinct vocal patterns in two closely related frog…”
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Central pattern generators reveal neuronal circuit dynamics across many time scales by Schulz, David J., Zornik, Erik

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Vocal pathway degradation in gonadectomized Xenopus laevis adults by Zornik, Erik, Yamaguchi, Ayako

“…Reproductive behaviors of many vertebrate species are activated in adult males by elevated androgen levels and abolished by castration. Neural and muscular…”
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Everything in Modulation: Neuromodulators as Keys to Understanding Communication Dynamics by Barkan, Charlotte L, Leininger, Elizabeth C, Zornik, Erik

“…Synopsis Across the animal kingdom, the ability to produce communication signals appropriate to social encounters is essential, but how these behaviors are…”
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Coding of anuran vocalization by a single type of premotor neuron by Yamaguchi, Ayako, Zornik, Erik

“…Abstract only Motor programs are composed of movements that are coordinated with precise timing. For example, human speech involves very rapid movements that…”
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Motor Neurons Tune Premotor Activity in a Vertebrate Central Pattern Generator by Lawton, Kristy J, Perry, Wick M, Yamaguchi, Ayako, Zornik, Erik

“…Central patterns generators (CPGs) are neural circuits that drive rhythmic motor output without sensory feedback. Vertebrate CPGs are generally believed to…”
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A neuroendocrine basis for the hierarchical control of frog courtship vocalizations by Zornik, Erik, Kelley, Darcy B

“…Research highlights ► Xenopus laevis vocalizations differ in males and females due to hormone action. ► Sex-typical fictive songs can be produced by the…”
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Molecular characterization of frog vocal neurons using constellation pharmacology by Inagaki, Ryota Thomas, Raghuraman, Shrinivasan, Chase, Kevin, Steele, Theresa, Zornik, Erik, Olivera, Baldomero M, Yamaguchi, Ayako

“…Identification and characterization of neuronal cell classes in motor circuits are essential for understanding the neural basis of behavior. It is a…”
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Regulation of Respiratory and Vocal Motor Pools in the Isolated Brain of Xenopus laevis by Zornik, Erik, Kelley, Darcy B

“…The aquatic frog Xenopus laevis uses a complex vocal repertoire during mating and male-male interactions. Calls are produced without breathing, allowing the…”
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Breathing and calling: Neuronal networks in the Xenopus laevis hindbrain by Zornik, Erik, Kelley, Darcy B.

“…Xenopus laevis is an aquatic anuran with a complex vocal repertoire. Unlike terrestrial frogs, vocalizations are independent of respiration, and a single…”
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Probing forebrain to hindbrain circuit functions in Xenopus by Kelley, Darcy B., Elliott, Taffeta M., Evans, Ben J., Hall, Ian C., Leininger, Elizabeth C., Rhodes, Heather J., Yamaguchi, Ayako, Zornik, Erik

“…The vertebrate hindbrain includes neural circuits that govern essential functions including breathing, blood pressure and heart rate. Hindbrain circuits also…”
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NMDAR-dependent control of call duration in Xenopus laevis by Zornik, Erik, Katzen, Abraham W, Rhodes, Heather J, Yamaguchi, Ayako

“…Many rhythmic behaviors, such as locomotion and vocalization, involve temporally dynamic patterns. How does the brain generate temporal complexity? Here, we…”
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Sexually differentiated central pattern generators in Xenopus laevis by Zornik, Erik, Yamaguchi, Ayako

“…Understanding the neural mechanisms that underlie the function of central pattern generators (CPGs) presents a formidable challenge requiring sophisticated…”
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